The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion concerning adaptations and improvements of preschool teacher education. Such changes are crucial, because many newly qualified preschool teachers struggle to live up to the requirements the profession places upon them. This study is conducted in Sweden, where early childhood education…

How do we break cycles that send promising young educators out of the profession too early? Veteran teacher Henry Seton reflects on the school year that challenged his commitment to the classroom and the support and solutions that renewed his reasons to stay.

Becoming a teacher involves not merely the accumulation of disciplinary knowledge and pedagogical techniques, but also significant transformations of identity. A sensitive and research-based appreciation of the nature of these transformations, and their significance for beginning teachers, is potentially valuable for both pre-service teacher…

Research shows that school administrators' engagement is vital in creating a structure supportive of induction and mentoring for early career teachers. This article details a mixed-method research study that examined the role and impact of school administrators' engagement in four teacher induction programs in the United States (two statewide and…

A considerable body of research has suggested that without appropriate supports and learning opportunities on the job, beginning teachers are unlikely to develop effective instructional practices and find success. Informal supports, such as teachers' advice networks, have received less attention in research and policy yet can serve as substantial…

Initial teacher formation is a permanent focus of attention on the part of research, as the value of education for the progress of society is well known. However, given the naturalization of instrumental criteria as common sense acquired in today's society, on occasion, initial teacher formation reproduces a technocratic perspective of education,…

Teaching science to elementary school students is complex, and teacher preparation programs must support pre-service teachers' learning to communicate science content and practices with children. Science teachers bring the experiences they have as students to their teacher preparation, and these experiences may support or conflict with what they…

The ultimate new teacher's guide to surviving and thriving in the classroom, "Smart from the Start" is the springboard to help you establish and improve your practice in meaningful ways. Teachers have a wide range of responsibilities--not all of which can be addressed in teacher preparation programs--and for new and returning educators…

Despite recognizing the importance of critical incidents (CIs) in teachers' professionalism, there is a need for more research on novice teachers' CIs, especially emotional CIs. This study describes the emotional CIs of a novice language teacher during her first year of teaching by relying on Schutz et al.'s (in: Schutz, Hong, Francis (eds)…

Attending to student sense-making and enacting asset-based approaches to mathematics teaching are becoming a more central focus of mathematics teacher education. Less attention, however, has been given to supporting early career mathematics teachers with the everyday challenges of attempting to bring this vision into the classroom while teaching…

Uncontested narratives of normality in primary teacher training are located and demonstrated in heteronormativity, whiteness, able-bodiedness and femininity. Early-Career Teachers who know and feel they lie outside of these are positioned uneasily as they try to locate spaces to express their identities and enable self-agency. This article…

Occupations often require a set of common characteristics and abilities in order for an individual to be successful (Super, 1990), and new professionals have to navigate much more than new offices, policies, tasks, and expectations to achieve that success. The authors sought to better understand the early career stage in the field of educational…

Novice teachers' teaching practices have been studied widely, however, perspectives of expert teachers are missing from these studies. This study explores expert teachers' opinions on novice teachers' teaching practice by analysing three main components (problem, solution, and reasoning) of expert teachers' feedback. The thematic analysis was used…

This study examined pairing preferences of participants in a statewide new teacher mentor program. Participants self-identified the importance of factors such as teaching the same or different content area, same or different grade span, same or different building, and having similar or different personalities. Since the study was impacted by the…

The authors provide novice teachers with a step-by-step introduction to linguistic analysis, a tool to identify gaps between English learners' proficiency levels and the language demands of their coursework in the content areas.